spear; lance; javelin; lance; (arch.) jeering
eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice
demon; devil; evil spirit; -crazed person; -obsessed person; fiend
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
sky; air; ether; firmament; the heavens
dragon (esp. a Chinese dragon); naga; semi-divine human-cobra chimera in Hindu and Buddhist mythology; promoted rook
father; dad; papa; pa; pop; daddy
light; illumination; glow; lamp; light
that; that thing; that person; then; that time; that place (over there); down there (i.e. one's genitals)
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; not; 's
again; once more; also; too; on the other hand; while; and
to leave (something) undone; to neglect (a duty, task, etc.); to break (a promise, appointment, etc.); to stand (someone) up
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
exclamation used to scold practitioners (in Zen); scolding or threatening with a shout
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
training; practice; discipline; ascetic practices
body; oneself; one's place; one's position; main part; meat (as opposed to bone, skin, etc.)
thoughtless; reckless; rash; excessive; unreasonable; immoderate
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to play (games, sports); to enjoy oneself; to mess about (with alcohol, gambling, philandery, etc.); to be idle; to do nothing; to meet up (with friends); to hang out
to invite; to ask (someone to do); to tempt; to lure; to induce (tears, laughter, sleepiness, etc.); to arouse (e.g. sympathy)
hm; um; huh?; what?; nuh-uh; no
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
no matter how much time passes
Tokyo Metropolis (prefecture); Tokyo metropolitan area
temple; shrine; hall; company; (arch.) front room
in; on; at (place); as for; regarding
incomprehensible; mysterious; inexplicable; inscrutable; enigmatic; baffling
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to follow in succession; to happen one after another
outbreak; spring forth; generation (e.g. of power or heat); genesis; ontogeny; development of complex multicellular structures from cell(s) in a simple state